Half a century after the first successful Mars landing, Viking's greatest legacy may be the questions it taught us to ask.

Throughout June 2026, SETI Institute scientists, affiliates, and collaborators contributed to discussions spanning ...

Now, an international team of researchers reports in the journal Science Advances that a short time later, a more than ...

Two SETI Institute planetary scientists now have asteroids bearing their names, an honor! The International Astronomical ...

Enjoy fifty years of planetary exploration, from a classic Viking view of Mars’ immense Argyre Basin to new asteroid ...

When astronomers observe distant exoplanets, they sometimes encounter a frustrating result: instead of revealing the chemical fingerprints of an atmosphere, the data appear almost completely flat.

April 1, 2026, Mountain View, CA -- The SETI Institute announced today that Dr. Lori Marino will receive the 2026 Drake Award, continuing its tradition of celebrating contributions to the search for ...

The MAVEN spacecraft, designed to investigate how Mars went from being a kinder, gentler world to one that’s cold, dry and with only the thinnest of atmospheres, has arrived. It has begun to orbit the ...

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Aubrite meteorite from asteroid 2024 BX1, photographed at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin by Laura Kranich, a Freie Universität MSc student and member of the Arbeitskreis Meteore, who participated in ...